Independent composer/production house, with a few songs placed with Film/TV licensing companies. Signed as recording group Para Dyce!, with original compositions in the smooth jazz/fusion genres.

Keyboardist at Amani (Band)

March 9, 1999 - January 1, 2005

Principal Keyboardist for cover band Amani; performed weddings, club dates, dances, parties.

Organist/ Keyboardist at Palmer Brothers

May 1, 1970 - March 1, 1982

Principal Organist/ Keyboardist for Palmer Brothers cover band; performed at venues and night clubs all over NYC.

Freelance Keyboardist at Numerous Bands

August 1, 1983 - January 1, 1991

Principal Keyboardist for hire for many New York bands; performed at weddings, club dates, dances, parties.

Pianist at Odyssey

July 1, 1982 - September 1, 1982

Principal Pianist for major label recording act Odyssey (RCA); performed chart-topping hits such as 'You're A Native New Yorker' and 'Inside Out' at venues all over England.

Keyboardist at Amani

March 1, 1999 - January 1, 2005

Principal Keyboardist for cover band Amani; performed weddings/clubs etc.

Keyboardist at Amani

April 1, 1991 - September 1, 1995

Principal Keyboardist for cover band Amani and Angie Blake; did tours overseas as months at a time in dance clubs.

Composer at Para Dye! / Para Dyce!

February 1, 2006 - February 24, 2006

Independent composer/ production house, with a few songs placed with Film/TV licensing companies.

Education

Music Major at CCNY

September 9, 1974 - July 14, 1977

Majored in Music Composition/Theory; left to start playing around NYC with Cover Bands.

Student at Turtle Bay Conservatory

September 13, 1970 - July 31, 1974

Student of world renown Pianist F. Howell Baker.

Student at JazzMobile

September 7, 1978 - July 13, 1982

Student under tutelage of Jazz greats Dr. Billy Taylor, Hugh Lawson [one of Dinah Washington's principal pianists] and the world renown Norman Simmons.

Student at Harlem School of the Arts

October 1, 1988 - October 15, 2000

Studied under renown Classical Pianist Fima Farberg.

Studied classical performance at Harlem School of the Arts

January 1, 1985 - January 30, 2026

Studied classical performance at Harlem School of The Arts

January 1, 1985 - February 9, 2026

Studied Classical performance and Analysis at Turtle Bay Conservatory

January 1, 1975 - February 9, 2026